Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-11-30
REVISED PLANS.
The Interior of the City Building, Accord
ing to the Amended Plans.

ing to the Amended Plans.
The revised plans for the new city build
ing, or market house." as it is generally,
but lamely called, are in many respects Sc
widely different from those which have been
described in this paper. that il amounts al
most to Encouragement Of the entire inte.
rior of the building. The splendidly-exe
cuted plans presented to council last even
ing by Architect c. A. Cregar. change the
city hall from the Market street end to tht
Center street end of the building. and put
| into its place large number of municipa
Offces-rooms. which, being in more constan,
demand. were very properly given the pref
erence in the matter of position.
The offices referred TO are the water
works Office, with vaults, etc, and al jacent
rooms for private use. belonging to the
same suite: the office of the board of health,
| which. although not yet in existence, is
sometime 10 be. thanks TO the editorial
hammering the subject has received in the
REPUBLIC; the city engineers office: the
city solicitors Office; the city clerks Office.
and that of the street commissioner. Each
| of the officials enumerated will have about
three rooms, constituting a handsome
suite, and including private rooms apar,
| from the main Office of each
In the rear of these. on the second floor,
will be the council chamber, two
stories in height. the ceiling rising
clear to the roof. 1t will have
la large balcony running around it. which
the lobby" will always occupy. This bal
cony will be reached by a stairway indie
pendent of the council chamber, and the
frequenters of the lobby will not annoy the
council either while coming or going, or
| while present.
On the Center street end of the second
| floor will be the mayOr's office and private
rooms, the office Of the chief of police. the
police headquarters. the Office of the board
of police commissioners. which will some
| time be created, and private consultation
rooms. All these offices will lead from the
main hall and are immensely convenient
| In the rear of these Offices will be the city
hall, l50x50 in size and with seating capa-
city of 500 to 1000. 1t will also have q
lofty ceiling. like the council chamber and
a balcony underneath the roof with q
seating capacity of about 500. This city
hall will be fitted up with all the convent
ences and facilities of theater, which it
practically is. 1t will have a stage as large
from separate stairway. The city hall
will be devoted to public meetings, eonven-
tons, etc. and will not unlikely be leased TO
some enterprising manager for a theater.
The police court rooms will bo located on
| the Center street end of the second floor,
which they will entirely occupy. as
| elevators and commodious stairways will
give easy access to all parts of the immense
structure. an elevator being located at either
end of the structure. The police court
proper, will face Center street. and will be
SAx46 in size. The suite will also include
the prosecutors Office. the judges Office and
the prisoners room.
In the Market street end of the third
floor. there will be a large hall, 50XS5 in
size. and suitable for an armory or lodge
room. Communicating with this will be
three or four general reception rooms. All
are easy of access by the elevator and
stairways.
Such is, roughly sketched, the interior
plans. The outside has been fully de-
scribed and remains as first mapped out.
The structure will be 1876 feet in length and
will be the finest building in the city in
point of imposing appearance. not except
ing even the stately government building.
1t can be completed by next winter.